Arsenal have apologised to Atletico Madrid after a sizzling water drawback on the Emirates Stadium meant the Spanish crew had to return to their resort to bathe after coaching.
UEFA guidelines permit visiting groups to coach on the stadium the night time earlier than a Champions League sport. Atletico Madrid have been doing this forward of their match towards Arsenal on Tuesday night time.
At round 6:45pm (BST), Atletico workers instructed Arsenal that there was no sizzling water of their dressing room. Arsenal then realised the identical drawback had occurred in their very own dressing room too.
Atletico have been supposed to complete coaching at 7:30pm, however they stopped quarter-hour early and went again to their resort as a substitute of utilizing the stadium amenities.
Spanish newspaper Marca reported that the Atletico gamers have been sad concerning the scenario.
Arsenal have mentioned sorry to Atletico for the difficulty. The issue was fastened at 7:25pm — simply after the crew had already left.
Champions League Type
Arsenal have had a robust begin within the Champions League, profitable their first two video games with out letting in a aim.
Atletico Madrid misplaced 3-2 to Liverpool however bounced again with an enormous 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
